Tarikh-i Salatin-i Afaghina 3.2.2

3.2.2

When the Sultán had conquered Gwálior, he went to Dehli, and waxed very proud, so that he began to maltreat and punish the nobles of his father, many of whom held him in great awe. He imprisoned some of them, and throwing Mián Bhúa into chains, who had been the most powerful and independent grandee of the empire, and the absolute minister of Sultan Sikandar, his father, during a period of twenty-eight years, gave him over to the charge of Malik Adam Ghakkar. Certain nobles, who were envious of the Mian, counselled the King to erect a building with a subterranean chamber beneath it. When two months had elapsed, and the chamber was thoroughly dry, they filled it with bags of gunpowder. They then procured the release of Mian Bhua and certain other nobles against whom they were plotting, gave them dresses of honour, and money, and treated them with such kindness that they banished all apprehension from their minds. One day the King said to them, "Islam Khan was raised from the dust, and kindly treated by Sultan Sikandar; but he has since become apprehensive, and has rebelled and proclaimed open enmity. I pray you now to retire to the new house which I have built, sit there and deliberate amongst yourselves what course I ought to follow. I have such confidence in you that I am certain the conclusion you come to will be of benefit to me." They went unsuspiciously to the place, and commenced their consultation.